Picture hanger



June 14,1960 c. F. LLOYD-YOUNG 2,940,712

PICTURE HANGER Filed Nov. 24, 1958 rma W INVENTOR. CARYSFORT EL/ovo-Ynuna Y nfmaw :84 Arron/wry so I 5+ 34 35 United States Parent 2,940,712 PICTURE HANGER I Carysfort F. Lloyd-Young, 303 E. Pike St., Seattle, Wash. Filed Nov. 24, 1958, Ser. No. 775,901

4 Claims. (Cl. 248-205) This invention relates to articles which are that class generally designated as hangers. More 'pa'rti cuing member in angular convergence thus to coact in forming a secure holding connection.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a hanger of the kind above'stated wherein the second driven anchoring nail will be caused to engage and interlock with the first driven nail thus to ing connection of the hanger with the wall.

More specifically stated, the present invention resides in the provision of a hanger comprising a hook forming member made from metal strap material that is equipped with two vertically spaced passages for reception of the anchoring means, which are herein referred to as nails, and wherein one of the nails has a shank of troughed form and this is provided along the base of the trough with a slot, and the other nail is in the form of a metal screw and is adapted, after being applied to the hook and driven through the wall, to enter the slot of the troughed nail in a holding connection that permits it to be drawn tight, thus securing both nails against loosening.

Further objects and advantages of the invention reside in the details of construction of the various parts of the hanger; in their assembly, and in their mode of use, as

, will be fully described.

In accomplishing the above mentioned, and other objects of the invention, 1 have provided the improved details of construction, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. l is a side view of the present hanger as applied to a wall panel.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the hook forming member of the hanger.

Fig. 3 is atop view of the troughed nail used for securing the hanger.

Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section of the nail, taken on the line 4-4 in Fig. 3. v

Fig. 5 is a cross-section, taken on line 5-5 in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional detail of the lower nail passage as provided in the hook forming member.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

In Fig. 1, 10 designates a wall forming member to which the present hanger is applied. In this instance, the member 10 is represented as being a panel of plaster board, fiber board, or the like, but might be one of any of the present day materials used for wall forming.

As distinguished from wood, the panel 10 here shown is generally of plaster, fiber, or a cement composition provide a'morepositive holdand is capable of being readily pierced in the intended manner by the nails or pins used for securing thehanger in place of use.

The hanger comprises the hook forming portion shown in Fig. 2 to be made of two short lengths of metal strap, designated, respectively, by reference letters a and b. These two parts are in alignment and have end portions thereof joined as presently explained, to form the device as a single, rigid member. The lower part a is bent to provide a lower end hook 12, as seen best in Fig. 1, and this terminates at its upper end in a semi-cylindrically curved portion 13; this metal strap being given a twist immediately below the part 13 thus providing that when the back of the hook is placed flatly against the wall surface as in Fig. 1, the part 13 will face laterally as shown in Fig. 2. It is also to be observed that the upper end of the hook 12 is curved slightly outwardly, as at 12', to provide for easier application of a picture supporting cord or wire to the hook. Also, the back wall forming portion of the hook is bent toward the upper end portion of the hook, as at 14, thus providing a constricted entrance 15 to the base of the hook. It is desirable also, as shown in Fig. 2, that the bottom of the hook be transversely arched to avoid undue wear on, or the cutting of the picture supporting cord by the edges of the hook seat.

. The upper end forming part b of the hook member is made from a single length of metal strap of the same kind, width and thickness of that of the part a. It is formed at its lower end with a semi-cylindrical portion 13x of the same size as the part 13 of the lower part q. At its upper end it is formed into a closed cylindrical loop 21 through which a hook securing nail can be applied. The two parts, a and b, are joined, as seen in Fig. 2, in vertical alignment, with the semi-cylindrical portions 13 and 13x facing each other and welded together in coaxial coincidence thus to provide a cylindrical nail passage between them; this passage being upwardly and rearwardly inclined at an angle of from 35 to 45 relative to a horizontal line. The passage as provided by the upper end loop 21 is inclined at about the same angle in a downwardly and rearwardly direction.

To fix the hanger to a wall, it is placed against the wall at the desired location and a securing nail is passed into the passage as provided by the joined parts 13 and 13x and is driven into the wall. For this purpose, I have provided the novel form of securing nail, designated in its entirety by numeral 30 and shown in Figs. 3 and 4. It is of sufiicient length to pass through and beyond the inner face of the wall panel, as seen in Fig. 1. The shank portion of this nail is of the V-shaped, trough form in cross-section shown in Fig. 5, and it is beveled at its inner end to a sharpened point 31 and at its outer end it is formed with a solid driving head 32. Also, formed along the shank in the bottom of the trough of this nail is a slot 33 and at close intervals the opposite edges of the slot are notched as shown at 34 in Fig. 3.

Fixed transversely in the lower passage provided in the hook member, for receiving the nail 30, is a disk 36, shown best in Fig. 6. It is formed with a V-shaped slot 37 which corresponds in shape and size to the crosssectional dimensions of the nail and receives the nail therethrough and holds the trough in an upwardly faced position as driven. When the nail is fully driven, its head 32 is engaged firmly against the front face of this disk, thus operating to draw the hook against the wall and retain it there.

After the troughed nail 30 has been firmly seated, then the companion nail 40, which is here shown to be screw threaded, is applied through the upper end loop 21 of the hanger and is driven through the wall to such extent as'to "cause its inner end to engage within the base of the trough 'of the nail '30. Then, this nail is tightened into place by a screw driver applied to its outer end head. The screw will, l p nlbeing tightened, pass into the slot and fn'otches at its place of entry and thus-operate to anchor the=two nails together-as shown 'in'Fig. 1. With the hanger so applied and secured, it-cannotbe pulled loose in normal use under heavy strain. Such hangerscan be made in various sizes to meet the various requirements of articles of different weights, and

It 'is further to be understood that such hangers can be secured to a wall by-use of-ordinary nails, or screws applied in convergence but not'necessarily caused to interlock with eachother. Howevenit is desirable,-especially when heavy articles are to be supported, to employ the interlocking nails.

-It is further to be understood that hangers and hook members'might -bejchanged in design or mode of-manufacture and still retain the feature of the angular convergence ofthe nails when driven which makes pulling loose of the hook practically impossible.

"What I claim as new is:

'1. A hanger of the character described comprising a hanger strap adapted to be disposed in an upright position against the surface of 'a wall forming panel; said strap being formed at its lower end with an upwardly opening hook, and formed'in its upper end portion, in

evertical spacing, with two nail receiving and guiding passages directed inwardly through the strap in axial convergencea trough shaped nail adapted to be received in one of said passages and to be guided thereby, in being driven through said wall, forming panel, said trough shaped nail being beveled to a sharpened point at its inner end and formed at that end along the bottom of the trough with a slot; and ascrew threaded'nail adapted i to be received in the other of said nail passages and so guided'thereby when driven through said -wal1 forming panel as to pass through the slot of said trough shaped nail in a holding connection that provides for tightening said nail by its rotation.

2. The hanger recited in claim 1 wherein the guideway which receives the trough shaped nail is shaped to receive the nail to hold it against {turning and with the trough faced toward the .lineof entry .of the. other nail.

3. The hanger of claim 2'wherein the longitudinal edges of said;:-slot ,as formed :throughjhe trough shaped nail are notchedqatintervals to afford reception points for the end of the other nail. i

4. A hangerrof the ch Iacter-described comprising a hanger strap adapted to be disposed in an upright position against the surface of a Wall forming panel; said strap being formed at its lower end with an upwardly .Openinghook designed to receive and retain a hanger guiding passages in vertically spaced relationship and in said;.guiding passages and adapted to be guided thereby as driven intof and through said wall forming panel in convergence, said nail guiding passages being in such spacing and said nails being of such length to engage each other after passing through said wall forming panel and one of said nails having a slot formed therethrough intermediate its ends, :and the othernail being received through said slot in an interlocked connection.

References Cited inthe'file of this patent UNITED 1 STATES PATENTS Moore l. Dec. 31,1912 Gleitsmanr Aug. 9, 1938 w ow 

